Human Trafficking - Put Up a Stop Sign!

I've heard that if you want to be a writer you should write daily. I guess I don't REALLY want to be a writer because the last blog was written back in September. There have been interesting (at least, to me) things that happened, thought provoking books read, challenges, etc. but I was too busy living through it to write about it at the time.

One of the more thought provoking events was hosting a jewelry show and sale to benefit WAR, International (Women at Risk). A DVD was sent along with the beautiful jewelry that told me astounding statistics and gut gripping stories of human trafficking. I was getting just a peak at the fastest growing crime in the world. So, I thought I was prepared to see another DVD last week, Nefarious. I had a box of tissues at hand and prior knowledge. I was nowhere ready to be confronted with what I saw and heard. A friend who saw it when I did remarked about her surprise that she didn't hear a collective sobbing. Of course, I can't speak for anyone else's experience that night, but I was beyond sobbing - speechless, shocked, overwhelmed, undone. The story that Nefarious told took us from eastern Europe, to Amsterdam, southeast Asia, and back to the good ol' USA. Humans are being SOLD to be used in the sex trade mostly - women, young girls and boys, children, and even BABIES! And it is happening right here in Atlanta.

I don't like to think about it. To say that it's uncomfortable is an understatement. But we MUST become AWARE to the point of ACTION. I am praying to become more passionate about what needs to be done and my small part in stopping this abomination. My small contribution is writing this blog. William Wilberforce, in trying to abolish slavery in Great Britain, knew that the first step was making people aware of the evil. After a person is made aware, he or she can never say, "I didn't DO anything because I didn't KNOW." Now, do your part. Become informed and share what you know.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)